rearranged the chords, so that the strumming is (in my opinion) much easier to understand
Intro:
Am (x02210@1)name="chord_133211@1">F Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_320003@1">G Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) G (320003@1) Sha la la la la la la uh huh...
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) GI (320003@1)was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow-haired girl
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) GMr. (320003@1)Jones strikes up a conversation with this black-haired flamenco dancer
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) GShe (320003@1)dances while his father plays guitar. She's suddenly beautiful
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) GWe (320003@1)all want something beautiful, I wish I was beautiful
Am (x02210@1) FSo (133211@1)come dance this silence down through the morning
Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1)G (320003@1)Sha la la la la la la la yeah uh huh...
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) Cut up, Maria! Show me some of them Spanish dances
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) G (320003@1) Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1)Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) Believe in me. Help me believe in anything
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) G'Cause (320003@1)I want to be someone who believes
C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) GMr. (320003@1)Jones and me tell each other fairy tales
C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)Stare at the beautiful women
G (320003@1) G"She's (320003@1)looking at you. Ah, no, no, she's looking at me."
C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) GSmiling (320003@1)in the bright lights, coming through in stereo
C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) GWhen (320003@1)everybody loves you, you can never be lonely
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1)Dm (xx0231@1) GI (320003@1)will paint my picture. Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) G (320003@1) All of the beautiful colors are very, very meaningful
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1)Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1)
(you know) Gray is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) G (320003@1) If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a gray guitar and play
C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) GMr. (320003@1)Jones and me look into the future
C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)Stare at the beautiful women
G (320003@1) G"She's (320003@1)looking at you. Uh, I don't think so. She's looking at me."
C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) GStanding (320003@1)in the spotlight I bought myself a gray guitar
C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) G (320003@1) AmWhen (x02210@1)everybody loves me, I will never be lonely
Am (x02210@1) FI (133211@1)will never be lonely
Dm (xx0231@1) GI (320003@1)will never be lonely
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) I want to be a lion. Everybody wants to pass as cats
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) We All want to be big, big stars, but we got different reasons for that.
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) Believe in me because I don't believe in anything
A (x02220@1) GAnd (320003@1)I want to be someone to believe, to believe, to believe.
C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) GMr. (320003@1)Jones and me stumbling through the barrio
C (x32010@1) FYeah (133211@1)we stare at the beautiful women
G (320003@1) G"She's (320003@1)perfect for you, man, there's got to be somebody for me."
C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)I want to be Bob Dylan
G (320003@1) GMr. (320003@1)Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) GWhen (320003@1)everybody loves you, son, that's just about as funky as you can be.
C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) G (320003@1)Mr. Jones and me staring at the video
C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) GWhen (320003@1)I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me.
C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) GWe (320003@1)all want to be big stars, but we don't know why, and we don't know how.
C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) GBut (320003@1)when everybody loves me, I'm going to be just about as happy as I can be.
C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) GMr. (320003@1)Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars.....